Cooking utensil.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL ABRAHAM BROOKS. OF ELMWOOD PLACE. OHIO, ASSIGNOR. BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE WOMANS FRIEND MIANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ELMWOOD PLACE. OHIO. A CORPORATION 0F OHIO. i

COOKING UTENSIL.

Application tiled April 19, 1912.

To all @ehem t may concern.'

Be it known that l. SAMUEL lhioolis. a citizen of the United States. residing at Ehnwood llaee` in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio. have invented new and useful improvements in (jookinpr Utensils7 of which the following is a speeilieation.

' 'lhe present inventionlelatesl to cooking utensils.

ln carrying out in v invention it is lny purpose to provide a cooking utensil having a eolander or strainer' attached to the. open mouth thereof. and whereby water may be poured from the utensil without allowing the escape of the vegetables being eooked within the utensil.

lVith the above reeited object in view and others of a similar nature whieh will he more fully understood as the description of the invention progresses. the improvement resides in the novel eonstruetioin combination and arrangement of parts set forth inv the description and falling within the scope of the appendedelaim.

ln the drawing, Figure lisa perspective view of a utensil having my improvement. Fig. Q Ais a transverse sectional 'view through the same. Fig. 3 is a bottoni plan view of the strainer 4detaehed.- v view of a moditiedforin. Fig. illustrates a still further modified form. Fig'. is a detail view otl the portion of the top provided with a slot or opening 'for exi;L'i; "in Lr with -the stud ot' the lstrainer. Fig. T is a detail seetional view illustratingr thtl mouth ot the strainer provided with a bead having a reinforcingY wire,

Referring now to the drawings in detail the numeral l designates an ordinary Cooking utensil. the same heiner provided `with thensual outlet lip oi' spout l and with the handle 3.

The numeral 4 designatestheimproved st rainer, .whieh in the showing:illustrated in Figs. l. a'nd El ot' the drawing. is approximately'semi-circular in plan and which is arehed in front elevation. The lower edge of the kstrainer 4 is provided with a downtnrned resilient flange 5'. the said tiange.

Specification otLetters Patent,

Fig. l.' is a top pla'nl Patented Feb. 18.1913.

serial No. 691.790.

adapted to resiliently engage with the bead i' provided upon the mouth of the utensil 1.

Arranged centrally of the strainer' 4 and adjacent the downturned flange 5 is a pirr, the same being suieiently spaced away from thel said flange to friction-ally engage with the inner wall of the utensili By an arrangement' as just described it will be noted thatthe foranlinated strainer member l ma)v he easily and quickly attached-to the utensil, and'while removable therefrom may` if'desired, remain a permanent fixture, the flange exerting a tension or pressure upon the: bead and toward the pin preventing the aeeidentaldisplacement of the said strainer.

The numeral 7 designates a topfor the utensil. This top is preferably" formed of a tiatten'ed sheet of metal corresponding 'to the contour of the mouth of theutensil and to the outlet spout thereof. The eoveris preferably provided with' a handle S andis further provided with a slot or opening 9,

the latter adapted to engagewit-h the pinA ofV the strainer when the lid oreover is passed below the art-hed strainer andtrupony the mouth ot the utensil. I

ln Fig. l of the drawing'the cooking utensil is illustrated in the form of a frying pan and is designated by the'nlnneral l0.l The numeral ll designates the strainer whieh is of a shape snhstantiall)v similar to that de scribed. but whieh in this instance is permani-ntl)v attarhed to the pan through the medilnn otl rivets or other seein-ing element.

ln Fig. 5 ot' the drawing'the strainer maybe constructed as a permanent 'element for the eooking utensil l0. The shape'oft-he strainer is suhstantiallv similar-:t0 that sett'orth.bnt the top ofthe strainer adjacent-fits point4 of connection with the utensil is formed with onl \v aliniited iunnberfo open?` ings l2, the same hemg arranged 'upDnW-hef strainer eentalllv thereof, anthadjatfentits point of connection' with the edge.' of 'the utensil. n y

V[n Figu' I have illustrated the strainer as having its montlr or curved edge formed` with a bead d, and positioned `within the said bead is wirevb, the `Same adapted t0 reprovided with a depending pin which is ar h' inforce and strengthen the strainer. ranged adjacent the flange.

Having thus described the invention, what In testimony whereof I aix my signature I claim is e inpiesence of two witnesses.

A cookinv utensil. rovide'd with a foramis ,Il nated memier, said lijnember being semi-cir SAMULL ABRAHAM BROOKS cular in plan, the circular edge of the said Vitnesses: member being rounded to rovide a resilient J ESSE HAN-NAH,

flange, and the said mem er being further v RNW/mn J. ROGERS.' 

